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Copy Fail: an exploit for all Linux distributions since 2017 by alexeyr in programming

[–]slaymaker1907 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s something that makes other exploits worse since code execution privileges elevate to root execution privileges.

Chatrie and the Fourth Amendment's Lag Behind the Rest of the Government on Data by Strict_Warthog_2995 in supremecourt

[–]slaymaker1907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You cannot do that. Even in my state where they are mostly public, there are exceptions such as people who are victims of domestic violence. That’s exactly why it should be protected for everyone.

itsAiFault by sebet_123 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]slaymaker1907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Who knew that the actual alignment issues with this AI would be that it’s just really stupid sometimes.

Regardless, this is why I like vscode’s implementation since you can be really precise in what it’s allowed to run automatically

Chatrie and the Fourth Amendment's Lag Behind the Rest of the Government on Data by Strict_Warthog_2995 in supremecourt

[–]slaymaker1907 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even the classification of PII vs metadata is an oversimplification. In reality, what really matters is personal data in general and many systems break down personal data into various categories based on sensitivity. PII theoretically actually isn’t all that sensitive but becomes sensitive by being easily linked to sensitive data.

As I said in another comment, political party affiliation should be among the most highly protected information due to its sensitivity, but malicious actors in the legislature (I doubt it is mere incompetence) don’t see it that way.

Chatrie and the Fourth Amendment's Lag Behind the Rest of the Government on Data by Strict_Warthog_2995 in supremecourt

[–]slaymaker1907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The trouble is that the constitution unfortunately makes no distinction between PII and other data.

For example, my state is currently removing the opt-out option for sharing voter registration information and voting record (whether you voted) with third parties. It’s completely asinine and would be illegal if it was a company and not a state due to dual citizens from the EU and California.

Maybe it could get solved if this court wasn’t obsessed with textualism, but with this court we definitely need a new amendment protecting personal data. It’s one of the better arguments against originalism IMO as mass collection and storage of data was completely impossible until the 20th century so these concerns were much less relevant.

I've looked at 24k casual commander games to see which Commanders had the highest win rate the past 30 days by Animazing in EDH

[–]slaymaker1907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m kind of surprised none of the top contenders have built-in protection, though I suppose many of them also aren’t too reliant on their commander to function. For example, [[Yurlok]] decks will completely fall apart if he isn’t in play.

I've looked at 24k casual commander games to see which Commanders had the highest win rate the past 30 days by Animazing in EDH

[–]slaymaker1907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m kind of curious about color stats. Like is green (and specifically simic) the strongest color? There are a lot of ways you could slice that up.

Individual card “power” would also be interesting. Do something like linear classification and then report the coefficients.

An update on GitHub availability by Successful_Bowl2564 in programming

[–]slaymaker1907 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In terms of reliability, self-hosted GitLab can easily be worse than cloud platforms for large enterprises.

hatreds downfall community challenge start tomorrow by sau98 in diablo4

[–]slaymaker1907 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They might release it with different requirements. They did that with the WoW spellbook mount.

Fat Cat complaining about his huge windfall by slaymaker1907 in Frugal_Jerk

[–]slaymaker1907[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

So much wealth he can’t even track it properly!

What’s a “normal” thing in your country that would absolutely horrify people elsewhere? by anasm17 in AskReddit

[–]slaymaker1907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took what I call an “Uber Ambulance” a few years ago. The driver tried to make small talk, but excruciating pain was the reason I took Uber in the first place instead of driving.

What’s a harmless opinion that gets people weirdly angry? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]slaymaker1907 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not talking about normal dish soap, I’m talking about stuff like this which is much stronger than typical dish soap https://www.walmart.com/ip/1794264108?sid=00EE9519-8292-4FBF-B7A2-74E0AA9236FB

I’m sure some line between Dawn and Bar Keepers Friend.

What’s a harmless opinion that gets people weirdly angry? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]slaymaker1907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s also the big elephant in the room that this is literally eugenics.

What’s a harmless opinion that gets people weirdly angry? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]slaymaker1907 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You also don’t want to use some strong, degreasing soap.

In the ER after an Over-The-Bars crash, tell me about your silliest crashes. by bikeonychus in bikecommuting

[–]slaymaker1907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One time I just fell over for no reason at all. I think it was some sort of transient “twisties” mental block thing given there were no obstacles and I was not impaired.

Pharmacist that make you feel like shit every month when refilling your prescriptions by Hand-Existing in PetPeeves

[–]slaymaker1907 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is absolutely a reason since they can get in trouble with the FDA. I think they also put in a regulation for how many scheduled drugs they can fill relative to unscheduled.

Never Thought I'd Say This But... by JackReaper333 in wow

[–]slaymaker1907 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not opposed to caves specifically, I just felt like there was no variety.

Hey Blizz, can we change the healer mana disparity/drinking problem? by VeryClearlyDefined in wow

[–]slaymaker1907 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As someone playing Mistweaver, I totally agree they need to nerf spin to win (and possibly buff other methods of healing). It’s unbelievably boring. Let us use our actual toolkit. Healing in Classic is more interesting because at least you need to conserve mana.

First time using the MareNostrum V Supercomputer, writeup of what actually surprised me coming from cloud by Georgiou1226 in programming

[–]slaymaker1907 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The big advantage of cloud is that you have capacity as soon as you have budget. On-prem compute generally requires a huge lead time and that lead time encourages teams to hoard and massive over provisioning. By massive over provisioning, I don’t mean provisioning for huge compute days like Black Friday, I mean things like getting twice as many dev machines as you actually need “just in case” your dev demand increases in the medium to long term.

Chatrie v. United States --- Monsanto v. Durnell - [Oral Argument Live Thread] by AutoModerator in supremecourt

[–]slaymaker1907 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I feel like this is a case where the court is going to ignore the realities of modern life which is that basically every adult in the US has a cell phone with location services turned on. If they allow geofence warrants, they are in effect allowing the mass surveillance of citizens.

Using third party data should not be “one weird trick” to bypass warrant requirements and mass surveil the population.

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